morn
Origin of morn
Related Words for morn
daybreak, dawning, light, aurora, morning, daylight, sunup, cockcrow, sunrise, brightExamples from the Web for morn
Historical Examples of morn
He is aged for such a journey, if you came from the Forest since morn.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
The morn's mornin' cam, an' by that time I had decided on my plan o' operautions.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
There is not a blacksmith but is at his forge from morn to night at work upon pike-heads.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
And he himself resuscitated amidst the childhood of the morn.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
morn
- a poetic word for morning
- the morn Scot tomorrow
- the morn's nicht Scot tomorrow night
Word Origin for morn
Word Origin and History for morn
contracted from Middle English morwen, from Old English (Mercian) margen (dative marne), earlier morgen (dative morgne) "morning, forenoon, sunrise," from Proto-Germanic *murgana- "morning" (cf. Old Saxon morgan, Old Frisian morgen, Middle Dutch morghen, Dutch morgen, Old High German morgan, German Morgen, Gothic maurgins), from PIE *merk-, perhaps from root *mer- "to blink, twinkle" (cf. Lithuanian mirgeti "to blink").